Man on Trial for Licking a Woman's Foot

Published 8:00 pm, Saturday, May 3, 2003

A man convicted of licking the feet of three female shoppers in Rhode Island is facing a trial in June on charges he allegedly licked a woman's foot in a Massachusetts supermarket.

Raymond C. Dublin, 35, of Rhode Island, is finishing a one-year sentence for simple assault charges in connection with the foot-licking complaints in Rhode Island.

He will appear before a Milford District Court judge for a bench trial on the Massachusetts charges on June 2, The MetroWest Daily News of Framingham reported.

Dublin allegedly sneaked up behind a woman last year at a Bellingham supermarket and licked her feet and toes. He faces charges of assault and battery and lewd and lascivious behavior, the paper reported.

Dublin also has run into trouble for other sex offenses in the past.

In 1991, he was convicted of first-degree sexual assault and sentenced to 15 years with 10 to serve; in 1998 he was convicted of second-degree sexual assault and sentenced to 15 years with five to serve, the newspaper said.